Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 8.34.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ या॑ह्य॒र्य आ परि॒ स्वाहा॒ सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ याह्यर्य आ परि स्वाहा सोमस्य पीतये । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā yāhy arya ā pari svāhā somasya pītaye | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||

English translation:

“Come, lord, from whatever direction, to drink the Soma offered with svāhā; do you, ruling yonderheaven, O radiant with oblations, return here.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nīpātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [nīpātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । या॒हि॒ । अ॒र्यः । आ । परि॑ । स्वाहा॑ । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
आ । याहि । अर्यः । आ । परि । स्वाहा । सोमस्य । पीतये । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
ā | yāhi | aryaḥ | ā | pari | svāhā | somasya | pītaye | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.34.10 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yāhy < yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

arya < aryaḥ < ari

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

svāhā

[adverb]

“hail.”

somasya < soma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

pītaye <

[verb noun]

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

amuṣya < adas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”

śāsato < śāsataḥ < śās

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“teach; govern; command; order; control; tell; recommend; chastize; instruct.”

divaṃ < divam < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

yaya <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

divāvaso < divāvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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